August 2009
The official voice of the Massage Therapy Association
IN TOUCH Newsletter Address: PO Box 53320, Kenilworth, 7745
Editor: Erika Kruger 021 853 6052
CONTENTS:
AHPCSA places Access on ice
MTA prepares for 2011 medical aid submission
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Blah, blah ... Blogging
We-blog! MTA takes up blogging too!
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRPERSON - Spring is a time to sow
Shin splints: Painful all-rounder By Mandy Eagar
Massaging muscles facilitates recovery after exercise
Finding Solutions By Julia Griss
Ready or not, here I come! By Orali Alcock
H1N1 Flu: if you want to claim, take the test
AHPCSA places Access on ice
MTA members will have noticed that they did not receive the July issue of the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa’s newsletter, Access. This is because it was not published.
MTA prepares for 2011 medical aid submission
According to MTA Treasurer and chairperson of the medical aid sub-committee, Sabine Rohr her team is committed to successfully submitting the next medical aid survey to the Department of Health.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Blah, blah ... Blogging
The extraordinary expansion of the Internet has placed every therapist at the centre of a World Wide Web and within reach of the largest single source of information in the world. Use of the Internet is changing the way we learn, the way we do research an
We-blog! MTA takes up blogging too!
MTA recently asked Erika Kruger to start a blog specifically for Therapeutic Massage Therapy students to offer them an additional resource that will assist students to master academic literacy and study skills as well as exam writing techniques.
LETTER FROM THE CHAIRPERSON - Spring is a time to sow
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant” Robert Louis Stevenson
Shin splints: Painful all-rounder By Mandy Eagar
Shin splints is a layman’s term used to describe exercise-related pain in the lower leg. It is a broad term that signifies pain over the anterior tibial area. Massage therapist, Mandy Eagar sheds light on the different types of anterior lower leg pain.
Massaging muscles facilitates recovery after exercise
Researchers testing the long-held theory that therapeutic massage can speed recovery after a sports injury have found early scientific evidence of the healing effects of massage. The scientists have determined that immediate cyclic compression of muscles
Finding Solutions By Julia Griss
One of my roles is to listen to my patients with empathy and compassion.
Ready or not, here I come! By Orali Alcock
Orali Alcock reflects on her experience in professional practice one year on from passing the AHPCSA registration exams
H1N1 Flu: if you want to claim, take the test
Take the test! If you suspect that you have contracted the H1N1 virus, take the blood test says financial advisor Helmien van der Merwe. Therapists who want to claim from their loss of income protection insurance will have to provide test results, she ex
